Attachment for dresses



(No Model.)

L. SHANNON. ATTACHMENT FOR DRESSES.

Patented July 2, 1889.-

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LEiVIS SHANNON, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN.

ATTACHMENT FOR DRESSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 406,239, dated July 2, 1889.

Application filed March 15, 1883.

Be it known that I, LEwIs SHANNON, of the city and county of Jackson, and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Attachments for Dresses, (which has not been patented in any foreign country, to this petitioners knowledge and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is the adaptation and application of four or more closelywoven non-elastic strips of cloth or other suitable material attached to corset steels or busks, to attachments for dresses, whereby the strain upon the outside fabric of the attachment is greatly relieved and principally confined to said non-elastic strips, thereby preventing the outside fabric from being stretched and drawn out of shape, and also preventing the outsideedges and ends of the corset-steels from wearing through or perforating the outside fabric. These strips are out about one and one-half inch wide at the Widest part and gradually decrease in width to that of an inch where they are to be attached to the inside of the front of the dress.

Figure 1 in the accompanying drawings is a skeleton of an attachment for dresses, showing the six non-elastic closely-woven strips attached to the corset-steels independent of the outside and inside'fabric. A and A, B and B, and O and 0 represent the non-elastic strips and the mode of their attachment to the corset steels or busks. Fig. 2 shows my improvement of attachments for dresses with the outside fabric D covering my improvement, the dotted lines showing the position of the non-elastic closely-woven strips in the said attachment.

E and E in Fig. 2 represent the corsetsteels inclosed in the outside fabric.

F and F in Fig. 1 represent the corsetsteels covered only-by the non-elastic strips.

Similar letters indicate similar parts in the respective drawings.

To give a more detailed statement, I would say that attachments for dresses are usually made in two parts sewed to the inner side of the front of the dress, forming the front of the dress, and are provided with a pair of the strain will be exerted: uponthe attach- Serial No. 267,287. (No model.)

ment rather than upon the dress itself. This attachment is made in two parts, as shown by D D in Fig. 1. It is cut in the form indlcated in the drawings and attached to the inside of the dress-front under or a little in front of the armpits, and is constructed in detail as follows: The non-elastic strips are first secured to the corset-steels by bringing them around the steel and stitching with strong thread, and also carrying them over the upper and lower ends of the steel. They are then placed inside the outside fabric of the attachment, the'steels being secured by being stitched in the front end of each part, so as to enable them to be put together, and the other ends of the non-elastic strips carried back, so that they may be secured to the dress at the point hereinbefore stated.

The difficulty has been and is now that n the attachments heretofore made the strain upon the fabric over the outside edges of the corset-steels has quickly worn through the outside fabric and greatly injured the utility of the attachment. To increase the thickness of the fabric so as to withstand the strain would make the dress-front and the attachment too bulky and uncomfortable to wear, besides destroying the harmony of the dress. By the application of my closely-Woven nonelastic strips indicated by A, A, B, B, 1, and

C, out as heretofore stated, as shown in Fig. 1, I obviate all of the aforesaid difficulties I deem it important that the outer strips converge at their outer ends, as shown, thus conforming more to the shape of the body and rendering the device more comfortable, the outer ends passing under the armpits, as Wlll be readily understood.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

The improved dress attachment described, composed of two like parts, each consisting of a steel, the non-elastic closely-woven strips arranged at right angles to said steel and secured thereto by stitching, and an outer fabric inclosing said steels and strips and secured around said steels by stitching, and the outer ends of the strips free to be attached to a dress, substantially as shown and described,

LEWIS SHANNON.

Witnesses: Ms. 0. W001), W. A. GIBsoN. 

